Delhi Capitals’ star opener Prithvi Shaw set the floor on fire at the Narendra Modi Stadium in a match against Kolkata Knight Riders as he smashed six fours in the first over of his team’s run chase. Shaw became the second batter to smash 6 fours in the first over of a T20 inning, the first one to achieve this feat is Ajinkya Rahane.
Chasing a target of 154 runs, all thanks to Prithvi Shaw, Delhi Capitals started their run chase on an incredibly aggressive note. KKR’s Shivam Mavi became the victim of Prithvi Shaw’s masterclass. In the very first over bowled by Shivam, Shaw smashed six deliveries to the boundary rope. Though Mavi started off with a wide however ended up conceding fours on the next 6 deliveries.
Following the wide delivery, Shaw hit the next delivery over the bowler’s head for a boundary. Shaw then whipped the next ball over midwicket and the next ball through off-side.
The fourth delivery was a low full toss outside off, which Shaw smashed through the covers. The right-hander then hit the next ball through backward point before finishing the over with a flourishing drive-through extra cover. Shaw gave a powerful performance and brought up his 50 off just 18 balls, which is the joint second-fastest half-century for DC. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders conceded 25 runs in the first over itself.
Meanwhile, fans on social media went berserk and flooded the social media with their amazing reactions to the performance of Prithvi Shaw. From amazing reactions to memes, people on social media are hailing the brilliance of Shaw.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
https://twitter.com/Ssrfan478780364/status/1387799010522525700?s=20
https://twitter.com/urmilpatel30/status/1387801210372173829?s=20
4,4,4,4,4,4 by Shaw in the first over of the innings against Mavi – This is total box-off limited over player with crazy intent.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 29, 2021
https://twitter.com/g48660305/status/1387801175416705025?s=20
Your apology should be as loud as your disrespect was
Best Young Batsman in the World : Prithvi Shaw ♥💥 pic.twitter.com/ns4vf7Ncp0— Nitin (@Nitin__10) April 29, 2021
https://twitter.com/LoyalMIfan/status/1387806590183481345?s=20
Mavi giving back to Shaw after hitting him for 6 boundaries in a single over in the first over. #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/xZI4aBLfvJ
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 29, 2021
If DC let go Prithvi Shaw can’t imagine how pissed I’m going to be
— absy (@absycric) April 29, 2021
IPL Records:
Most Runs scored by batsman in first Over: 24 (Prithvi Shaw)
Most Runs scored by batsman in last Over: 36 (Ravindra Jadeja)
Both came in this season
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 29, 2021
End of freak knock from Shaw, 82 runs from just 41 balls including 11 fours and 3 sixes at a strike rate of 200 – 62 runs through boundaries. #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/Bq6MVIwrgU
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 29, 2021
